Democrats assumed that those small little *incremental *steps that the party wanted them to take was going to lead to more progressive left leaning country. Turned out those small, unnoticeable, little baby steps marched to the right. The fact that the party has gone from people like Jimmy Carter to the likes of people that deny Holocaust is evidence that incrementalism marches to the right
Yeah, the sadistic ratchet-effect of American politics. D Party moves nanometers in the right direction, R Party moves kilometers in the wrong direction, D Party moves nanometers from the new center, repeat until… well this shite.
Democrats assumed that those small little *incremental *steps that the party wanted them to take was going to lead to more progressive left leaning country. Turned out those small, unnoticeable, little baby steps marched to the right. The fact that the party has gone from people like Jimmy Carter to the likes of people that deny Holocaust is evidence that incrementalism marches to the right
Yeah, the sadistic ratchet-effect of American politics. D Party moves nanometers in the right direction, R Party moves kilometers in the wrong direction, D Party moves nanometers from the new center, repeat until… well this shite.